Archive for August, 2009
Back from London
August 31st, 2009 by Leo
It is always great to meet up with friends. Last weekend Doris & I visited London again to meet Mary, Tang & Jin Tau. Mary is leaving London in a few weeks’ time, and hence we thought we should visit her before she goes.
Unlike most of our trips, we didn’t bother to visit the tourist attractions. We just have a relaxing weekend, walk around, lots of chats, eat eat eat, and I did some reading as well.
We visited a big toy store – 7 levels full of toys! We bought 2 new Lego sets, which are basically board games built by Lego. The set that I really wanted was out of stock 
And by reading the catalogue, I found that there is another set that I want ….
We watched the “Dirty Dancing” musical and it was surprisingly good. Love the dancing and the stage design – superb. I give 8 out of 10.
We stayed at Mary’s place this time (thanks Mary) and as usual, we are being taken care of very well.
(Photos to be uploaded)
Waiheke Island- day 1
August 8th, 2009 by Doris
Yesterday, I drove mum and kat to the half moon bay ferry terminal to take a ferry ride to Waiheke island for a weekend trip. Usually, we can take the ferry from downtown but this time we are taking our car. It took about 1 hr ferry ride to reach Waiheke island. Lolly was very excited and terrified at the same time and that she pees on my pants!
After we reached Waiheke island, we drove straight to the holiday house that we booked. After driving through a curve unformed road, we were finally there! The house is huge and nice with a big deck and with a beautiful view looking out to the sea! magnificent! Lolly was overwhelmed and was running around everywhere!
At 5:30pm, we got a called from Christima that she has just missed her ferry and she won’t arrive until 7:00pm. Hence, we decided to go out for dinner first. We went to this italian restaurant and had couple pizzas and salads. They were absolutely delicious! Then, we went to the ferry terminal to pick up Christina and went back to the holiday home.